Gleaner wins major award

LLOYD WILLIAMS, Senior Associate Editor of The Gleaner, has been awarded the prestigious Maria Moors Cabot Prize bestowed annually by Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York. He is being honoured for investigative reporting of the...

Rice talks for Guyana

MINISTER OF Foreign Trade Anthony Hylton is to lead a delegation of private and public sector representatives to Guyana within the next four weeks to discuss the rice issue between the two countries. The announcement was made yesterday at a press...

Thwaites asks about JPSCo sale

RONALD THWAITES, the Member of Parliament, for Central Kingston has asked Minister of Mining and Energy, Robert Pickersgill, to inform Parliament about the state of negotiations for the sale of the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo).

NGOs get $1.2 million from Government
CHEQUES TOTALLING $1.2 million were handed over on Tuesday to six non-government organisations (NGOs) involved in human service activities from the Government's Social and Economic Support Programme (SESP). The organisations are Youth Opportunities...

Shaw queries furnishing contract

OPPOSITION SPOKES-MAN on Finance, Audley Shaw, has tabled in Parliament a number of questions regarding the controversial contract for furnishing the new building to house the various offices of the Ministry of Finance and Planning.

PALS applauds top peacemakers

WESTERN BUREAU: TERRY KELLY and Ishema Gichie didn't just graduate from grade six recently, they were crowned King and Queen of Peace.